FASTCopy without username and password

Question:

I want to have scripts containing FASTCopy CLI (command-line interface) commands, but I don't want to include username passwords in clear text, is there a workaround?

Answer:

FASTCopy has a scrambled password mechanism that allows you to substitute a scrambled password anywhere a normal password is used in the CLI. To use a scrambled password, you first need to generate the scrambled password from the real password:
In the FASTCopy installation directory, issue:
E:\Program Files\SoftLink\fastcopy\bin>fcopy -generate -password=123xyz
your scrambled password is <Q22BML3LCTDRB>

In your original command, replace the -password=123xyz qualifier with
-scrambled_password=Q22BML3LCTDRB
i.e. fcopy sample.doc \\localhost\C:\Target\sample.doc -user=administrator -scrambled_pass=Q22BML3LCTDRB -report
The same method can be used to replace the -controller_password= qualifier with

-scrambled_controller_password=

Related Topics:
WINDOWS
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